You ever been to Colorado? Found out they're very on brand for Colorado. I just got a job there, and I'm kind of dreading heading over.
Thought it'd be like the midwest....NOPE. One of the whitest places I've ever been to and I've been to Denmark. Not East coast, not west coast, not Midwest, not the South.....Like snobby chud central with a liberal aesthetic, absolutely bizarre place. Would love to live out in mountains but turns out the entire state is expensive as fuck, like a fucking raggedy ass looking town in the middle of nowhere will have the cost of living of DC or some shit.
Denver? Dude what even is this city? Indian food made with mayo, made out of glitzy architecture from the past 10 years, homeless everywhere, marijuana is a purely capitalist enterprise there literally zero cultrual aspect to it in Colorado.
Colorado is a very mixed bag. It's a Bernie state and if you're on the front range there are good orgs. It's when you go into the mountains or cattle country that it becomes insane Lauren Boebert-types, and if you go into Wyoming you'll see white people juche.
But for that, you're like an hour from this: https://www.coloradophotosource.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/colorado-photoscolorado-photos_DSC9319-HDRa.jpg . From dozens of that. Wave after wave of wildflowers blooming across mountain ranges that have fascinating delicate ecosystems. Camping that outclasses anywhere else I've lived, largely for free. For anthropology/history/natural science nerds it's paradise.
Colorado is definitely beautiful, don't get me wrong. Do you have any recs of where I can find a place to rent? I will work in that Boulder-Denver-Golden area and I really just want to live next to some trails and camp out often, not living next to many people while also not being stuck out in the boonies where the mega chuds will get to me (kidding, mostly).
Longmont is a bit cheaper and I-25 isn't that terrible that far south. Loveland is also affordable and within a reasonable commute but their police are psychotic. Avoid anything in Weld County or south of Denver closer to CO Springs. Those areas are super chuddy and Greeley is one of our COVID hotspots. The closer you are to highways 34 or 36, the closer you'll be to Rocky Mountain National Park and the best trails in the state with free entry before 5am. West Denver has some cool trails around Red Rocks, an ex living in Littleton had a great location for those, but the real gems are further north. Boulder's local trails around the Flatirons are insanely packed but a good workout, while the ones closer to Loveland and Fort Collins are great for all kinds of dayhikes.
The amount of unhoused people everywhere is so fuckijng depressing there. Denver doesn’t give a single fuck about its residents unless you’re a liberal rich weed #BossBoy hippie
You ever been to Colorado? Found out they're very on brand for Colorado. I just got a job there, and I'm kind of dreading heading over.
Thought it'd be like the midwest....NOPE. One of the whitest places I've ever been to and I've been to Denmark. Not East coast, not west coast, not Midwest, not the South.....Like snobby chud central with a liberal aesthetic, absolutely bizarre place. Would love to live out in mountains but turns out the entire state is expensive as fuck, like a fucking raggedy ass looking town in the middle of nowhere will have the cost of living of DC or some shit.
Denver? Dude what even is this city? Indian food made with mayo, made out of glitzy architecture from the past 10 years, homeless everywhere, marijuana is a purely capitalist enterprise there literally zero cultrual aspect to it in Colorado.
Colorado is a very mixed bag. It's a Bernie state and if you're on the front range there are good orgs. It's when you go into the mountains or cattle country that it becomes insane Lauren Boebert-types, and if you go into Wyoming you'll see white people juche.
But for that, you're like an hour from this: https://www.coloradophotosource.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/colorado-photoscolorado-photos_DSC9319-HDRa.jpg . From dozens of that. Wave after wave of wildflowers blooming across mountain ranges that have fascinating delicate ecosystems. Camping that outclasses anywhere else I've lived, largely for free. For anthropology/history/natural science nerds it's paradise.
Colorado is definitely beautiful, don't get me wrong. Do you have any recs of where I can find a place to rent? I will work in that Boulder-Denver-Golden area and I really just want to live next to some trails and camp out often, not living next to many people while also not being stuck out in the boonies where the mega chuds will get to me (kidding, mostly).
Longmont is a bit cheaper and I-25 isn't that terrible that far south. Loveland is also affordable and within a reasonable commute but their police are psychotic. Avoid anything in Weld County or south of Denver closer to CO Springs. Those areas are super chuddy and Greeley is one of our COVID hotspots. The closer you are to highways 34 or 36, the closer you'll be to Rocky Mountain National Park and the best trails in the state with free entry before 5am. West Denver has some cool trails around Red Rocks, an ex living in Littleton had a great location for those, but the real gems are further north. Boulder's local trails around the Flatirons are insanely packed but a good workout, while the ones closer to Loveland and Fort Collins are great for all kinds of dayhikes.
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The amount of unhoused people everywhere is so fuckijng depressing there. Denver doesn’t give a single fuck about its residents unless you’re a liberal rich weed #BossBoy hippie